NFL says Packers blocked game-winning field was legal play, despite Bears' protests: reports

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said on Monday they were going to submit the blocked kick to the league, saying he thought there should have been a penalty on the Packers because "they were obviously on our long snapper."

Eberflus thought Packers defensive lineman T.J. Slaton made contact with Bears long snapper Scott Daly immediately and that the referees should have thrown a flag.

If officials rule that a defender illegally contacts the long snapper with his head down, it is a 15-yard unnecessary roughness call. The Bears would have had a chance to try another field goal. 

While there was contact between Slaton and Daly, the NFL deemed Slaton's contact legal, as players are allowed to contact the long snapper as long as his head is not down.

It wouldn't have mattered if the NFL agreed with Eberflus and deemed the contact illegal, because there are no do-overs. The call instead would have been acknowledged as a missed call by the league, and the Bears would still be 4-6.